NFL scales back London game plans

Mon, 01/25/2010 - 04:45 EDT - France24.com - Business

The National Football League has abandoned plans to hold a second regular-season game in London in 2010.Already confirmed is a game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers at Wembley on October 31, and NFL UK officials had been planning to stage a second game later in the season.But the current economic climate and the league's need to prioritise a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' union have seen the plan dropped."Playing one game in the UK is a significant investment," an NFL statement said.

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